...“Most of our girls, myself included, that’s just how we play. We’re just naturally aggressive,” Hinkley said of the Tigers’ propensity for taking penalties. “Our penalty kill has had to catch up to us, because that’s how we play. We’ve had to work on our penalty kill, because sometimes it feels like there’s just no stopping it.”

Nowhere was that more apparent than in the first two periods. On two different occasions the Yarmouth/Freeport (1-11-1) was handed lengthy two-man advantages — once for 1:25 in the opening frame and then for an additional 1:20 in the middle period — but neither time were the Clippers able to generate the jumpstart they needed.

Over the course of the 2:45, Winslow/Gadiner outscored Yarmouth/Freeport 1-0 and outshot the visitors by a 3-0 count.